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Day zero

NMB schools urged to settle municipal debt amid water scarcity crisis

By Ronald Masinda

The municipality is also at risk of reaching Day Zero.

  • Picture: Michal Jarmoluk/Pixabay.com

    Gqebera's Day Zero looming as NMB Municipality races to keep taps running

    Severe water scarcity in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro could see taps running dry soon if the officials don't find solutions to the crisis.

    42 days ago
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    With Gqeberha battling to stave off Day Zero, corporate SA urged to assist

    The metro is facing one of its worst droughts in history where dam levels have dropped drastically and at least 3,000 water leaks have been reported.

    45 days ago
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    With new strategy, NMB municipality says it's working to resolve water crisis

    It adopted a new water leaks strategy on Monday, repairing more than 800 of its 3,000 leaks in the metro.

    46 days ago
  • Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis. Picture: @geordinhl/Twitter

    CT mayor Hill-Lewis offers to help Nelson Mandela Bay avoid Day Zero

    Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said that he had written to the mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay Metro, Eugené Johnson, offering Cape Town’s technical advice, assistance and disaster management support.

    47 days ago
  • FILE: The community of Gelvandale said that their calls to get the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality to fix their water leakages had been ignored. Picture:123rf.com

    Gelvandale residents complain of water leaks despite dire shortages in Gqeberha

    The community of Gelvandale said that their calls to get the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality to fix their water leakages had been ignored.

    47 days ago
  • Democratic Alliance (DA)'s federal council chairperson, Helen Zille (right), talks to Nelson Mandela Bay residents about the state of water infrastructure in the area during a visit on 20 June 2022. Picture: @helenzille/Twitter

    DA's Zille criticises NMB Municipality's handling of water crisis

    The DA federal council chair did not mince her words when she made scathing remarks about how the water infrastructure was handled by the municipality.

    48 days ago
  • FILE: According to Ellis, there are areas that could be one or two weeks away from having no water. Picture: icefront/123rf.com

    NMB's Impofu Dam water levels too low for extraction; Day Zero looms

    John Maytham spoke to senior 'Daily Maverick' journalist, Estelle Ellis, about what the impact of this will be.

    55 days ago
  • FILE: The municipality said it would set up water collection points for residents in affected areas. Picture: Supplied.

    Nelson Mandela Bay officials deny claims that day zero is here

    Addressing the media on Monday, management at the municipality said while the region was facing a crisis, it had put measures in place to address them.

    56 days ago
  • FILE: A view of Clanwilliam Dam in the Western Cape. Picture: www.clanwilliam.org.za.

    WC dams at fullest in nearly a decade, says dept

    The collective level for the province has increased to 80% compared to around 67% last year.

    355 days ago
  • FILE: An aerial view of a dam from phase 1 of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. Picture: http://www.lhda.org.ls/

    Why full dams don’t mean water security

    If people see full dams, can they be persuaded to reduce their water use?

    440 days ago
  • Khayelitsha residents protest outside the Cape Town Civic Centre on 25 March 2020. Picture: Jarita Kassen/EWN

    Aging infrastructure, urbanisation among causes of SA’s water woes - Govt

    Marking Water Week, Unicef has released a report with alarming statistics which revealed that one in five children globally doesn't have enough water to meet their everyday needs.

    507 days ago
  • Picture: Supplied

    Despite full dams, Capetonians urged to save water

    Back in 2017, there were threats about Day Zero, when taps would run dry in the Mother City. Capetonians were forced to adapt to new lifestyles as strict restrictions were imposed.

    672 days ago
  • Water runs from a tap. Picture: EWN.

    Eastern Cape families drink from drains as water trucks break down

    Three out of four water trucks in the Eastern Cape town of Dutywa are in for repairs.

    678 days ago
  • FILE: Humanitarian organisation Gift of the Givers fills up a water tank at the Ntsika Secondary School in Makhanda, in the Eastern Cape. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/Eyewitness News.

    PE Day Zero: Staff and inmates at St Albans prison scramble for water

    Large water tanks are emptied in a matter of hours, says community leader.

    678 days ago
  • Picture: Pixabay.com

    ANALYSIS: What the tourism sector can learn from Cape Town’s drought

    In the event of future droughts, the use of terms and alarmist messages that may scare away investors and tourists should be avoided.

    684 days ago
  • FILE: Humanitarian organisation Gift of the Givers fills up a water tank at the Ntsika Secondary School in Makhanda, in the Eastern Cape. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/Eyewitness News.

    YONELA DIKO: EC crisis: municipal management needs water efficiency KPIs

    The idea that municipal management can sit back and watch their water infrastructure disintegrate without consequence can no longer be tolerated, writes Yonela Diko.

    686 days ago
  • FILE: In Gauteng, Joburg Water said while most reservoirs in the city were running low, it was doing everything it could to ensure residents have water supply. Picture: Pixabay.com.

    KZN residents urged to use water sparingly as dam levels drop

    KZN experienced a devastating drought between 2015 and 2017 and government had to impose water restrictions in certain areas.

    1012 days ago
  • Minister of Water and Sanitation Lindiwe Sisulu briefs the media on Gauteng's water crisis on 28 October 2019 in Johannesburg. Picture: Thando Kubheka/EWN.

    Sisulu to announce water restrictions to avoid ‘much-dreaded day zero’

    Officials are worried over the increase in consumption in South Africa with proper rain only expected to hit the country around December.

    1014 days ago
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